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Famous people · Opp

7 famous people from Opp, many of them athletes

Articles in 3 languages make the American football player James Logan the best known. Second and third on the list are Lamar Rogers and Tim Jessie. The largest group, 5, was born between 1920 and 1969. Only 59 of the 288 towns in Alabama with anyone on record list more.

Born here
7
notable people
Best known
James Logan
in 3 Wikipedia languages
First
1937
Thomas K. Hearn
Youngest
1972
James Logan
Most common field
Sports
4 people

What stands out about Opp’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Opp’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1960s, at 3.

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SportsWriting & ArtsNotablePolitics & Law

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

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What Opp is known for

No other field is as far above the usual share as athletes, at 1.6 times.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

The best known

Born in Opp

The three best known are all athletes.

JL#1
Sports

James Logan

born 1972

American football player

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LR#2
Sports

Lamar Rogers

born 1967

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
TJ#3
Sports

Tim Jessie

born 1963

American football player

3 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Opp

4 more, best known first.

MD

Mike DuBose

born 1953

American college football player, college football coach

TH

Thomas K. Hearn

1937–2008

Wake Forest University administrator (b. 1937, d. 2008)

TS

Terry Spicer

born 1965

American politician

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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Opp and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.